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ne i slm-m1 eee W FRANCIS XAVIER MONNIER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No, 87,188, dated February 423, 1869.

PIVOT FISHING-LINE.

The' Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part: of the same.

To all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that T, FRANCIS XAVIER MoNNinn, o Detroit, in the county of Wayne, in the State of Michigan, have invented a new and improved Pivot Fishing-Line; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofret'- erence marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a new apparatus for fishing, without the use of a pole, and its connection with a bell, B, to warn when a fish is taken.

Figure 1 is an elevation and front View of the pivot fishing-line.

Figure 2 is a side view of Iig. 1.

Figure 3 is an elevation and front view of another form of pivot fishing-line. i

Figure 4 is a side view of iig. 3.

To enable others skilled inthe art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 is afront view.

A is a frame, in which turns freely the bobbin O, shown loaded with a shing-line, having, at its extremity, a lead, D, and fish-hooks E E E.

At F is an articulated joint, to prevent the twisting of the line. f

O n the axle G, of the bobbin C, there is, on one side, a crank, H, to Wind up the fishing-line; on the other side is a notched wheel, I.

v In turning, the notches J catch the'spiral spring lt of the bell B, and cause it to ring.

On the frame there is a spring-trigger, L, which, when set free, catches on the bobbiu C, and prevents it from turning.

. In this figure, the trigger is fixed so that the bobbin can turn freely. v

At the bottom of the frame there is a pointed screw, which turns freely in-it by means of the short bar N, affixed to the screw at right angles. The latter is adapted to' be secured to awharf, or other fixture. v

The frame, thus firmly .fixed to the shorc, can, nevertheless, turn freely on its pivot, in the direction given by the fish pulling up or down the current of the river.

' The bell B is fastened to the frame by means of a 5 spring-bolt, O, of which the details are shown in fig. 4.

It can be taken out in order to carry about the pivotline,'or during the operation of putting the line in fishing-place.

l In g. 2 the same pieces are shown as in fig. 1.

Fig. 3' is another pivot-line, of a different form,'of which the extremity, instead of being a screwyends by a sharp point, to (hive in the gronnd.

Q Q are details ofthe bearings of the bobbin without the shing-line, in order to show it better.

Fig. 4 isa side view of lig. 3.

We will now vproceed to show how tofuse the apparatus.

rIhe pivot-line being at first fixed to ,the shore, and

the hooks being provided with bait, enough of the line is unrolled to let it reach the bottoni; then, by means of the crank-H, enough of it is rolled back on the bobbin C to produce a gentle tension ofthe line. The bell B is then putv in its place..

As soon as a fish is fastened it pulls the line, which makes the bobbin C revolve, and the notches of the wheel I, touching the bells spring, make it ring, and so warn the fisherman.

-The wheel I, in catching thebell B, offers a certain resistance, which prevents it from unrolling too fast, and, by that frictiom'a tension is produced, sufficient to drown the fish. The fish 'being taken out, a new bait is put on, and fishing goes `on as before.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The application of a movable bell, B, to the pivotline frame A.

'2. rI he pivot-line frame, constructed as described, of-the slotted block A, bobbin O, crank-'axle G H, carrying the ratchet-wheel I, the spring-triggerL, swivelled screw, or p in M, the springK, and the bell B, removably attached to the block bythe spring-bolt O, all arranged vand operating as described, for the purpose specified. F. X. MONNIER.

Witnesses:

' E. N. LA CROIX,

C. PULGHER. 

